A Minimum Requirement for Police Corruption

Author(s):  
Carl B. Klockars ◽  
Maria R. Haberfeld ◽  
Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovich ◽  
Aaron Uydess
2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-450
Author(s):  
Carlos Vilalta ◽  
Gustavo Fondevila

Estudios previos en México argumentan que la percepción de corrupción y la percepción de eficacia predicen la insatisfacción y la falta de confianza en la policía. Este artículo extiende estos estudios previos al examinar si la percepción de corrupción policial impacta el miedo al crimen entre la población adulta. Argumentamos que –más allá de los correlativos tradicionales del miedo al crimen y controlando por la intensidad de la guerra contra el crimen organizado– la evaluación de la reputación de la policía impacta la calidad de vida en la sociedad tal como lo indica el miedo al crimen. Los resultados de los modelos multinivel, basados en datos de la Encuesta Nacional de Victimización y Percepción sobre Seguridad Pública (ENVIPE, 2012–2017), confirman nuestro argumento. También hallamos que la experiencia de victimización y las incivilidades en la colonia son los principales predictores del miedo al crimen, mientras que la guerra contra el crimen organizado no mostró tener un efecto consistente.


2017 ◽  
Vol 95 (9) ◽  
pp. 4206
Author(s):  
K. E. Holcomb
Keyword(s):  

The non-uniform stress distribution occurs in a tension member adjacent to a connection, in which all elements of the cross-section are not directly connected. This effect reduces the member’s design strength because the entire cross-section is not fully effective in the critical section’s location. That's why an experimental study has been done to investigate the effect of the weld length on the tension capacity, two specimens (hollow structural sections) have been tested by using Instron 8800 machine with two weld lengths, 46 mm and 56 mm. The 46 mm size is the minimum requirement of the sufficient size of the tension connection depending on United States Steel Standard. The Result proved that there has been too much effect on the connection carrying tension capacity. The result of the 46 mm weld length is about 155 KN and about 180 KN for the 56 mm weld length. While the ABAQUS simulation results were about 168 KN for the 46 mm weld length and about 172 KN for the 56 mm weld length.


1996 ◽  
Vol 34 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 533-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Koenig ◽  
J. N. Kay ◽  
I. M. Wan

In the context of landfilling dewatered wastewater sludge in Hong Kong, with landfills up to 140 m high, one of the most significant properties of sludge is its physical nature with regard to moisture characteristics and associated geotechnical stability. Commonly, lower limits are set on total solids content, but no geotechnical stability criteria are applied with the exception of Germany where a minimum requirement for vane shear strength is set at 25 kN/m2. The purpose of this study was to determine and evaluate dewatered wastewater sludge from three Hong Kong municipal wastewater treatment plants with regard to the following physical and geotechnical properties: (i) vane shear strength; (ii) consolidation characteristics such as compression index, compressibility factor, coefficient of consolidation and compressibility coefficient; and (iii) hydraulic characteristics such as permeability and intrinsic resistance. Although dewatered sludge exhibits quite different characteristics as compared to soils, predictive logarithmic relationships may be established between various properties which are consistent with the critical state model for soils, conventional filtration and consolidation theory. Such representation provides a valuable basis for understanding the sludge characteristics and behaviour to landfill design.


2014 ◽  
Vol 96 (5) ◽  
pp. 160-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
HRF Powell ◽  
AN DiMarco ◽  
SR Saeed

The London Postgraduate School of Surgery has increased its minimum requirement for workplace-based assessments (WBAs) from 40 to 80 per annum. Specialty trainees were alerted to this increase by email in March 2012. This has been the requirement for core trainees since October 2011. In response to this increase for specialty trainees, an online survey was carried out to ascertain trainee and trainer opinion.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Contino ◽  
Kevin Max ◽  
Rashmish K. Mishra

Abstract We consider the possible existence of a SM-neutral and light dark sector coupled to the visible sector through irrelevant portal interactions. Scenarios of this kind are motivated by dark matter and arise in various extensions of the Standard Model. We characterize the dark dynamics in terms of one ultraviolet scale Λuv, at which the exchange of heavy mediator fields generates the portal operators, and by one infrared scale ΛIR, setting the mass gap. At energies ΛIR « E « Λuv the dark sector behaves like a conformal field theory and its phenomenology can be studied model independently. We derive the constraints set on this scenario by high- and low-energy laboratory experiments and by astrophysical observations. Our results are conservative and serve as a minimum requirement that must be fulfilled by the broad class of models satisfying our assumptions, of which we give several examples. The experimental constraints are derived in a manner consistent with the validity of the effective field theory used to define the portal interactions. We find that high-energy colliders give the strongest bounds and exclude UV scales up to a few TeV, but only in specific ranges of the IR scale. The picture emerging from current searches can be taken as a starting point to design a future experimental strategy with broader sensitivity.


1994 ◽  
Vol 269 (51) ◽  
pp. 32221-32225
Author(s):  
S. Nakanishi ◽  
T. Ueda ◽  
H. Hori ◽  
N. Yamazaki ◽  
N. Okada ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (4/5) ◽  
pp. 266-281
Author(s):  
Nafisat Toyin Adewale ◽  
Yushiana Mansor ◽  
Muhammad-Bashir Owolabi Yusuf ◽  
Ahmeed Onikosi

Purpose This study investigates the moderating effects of age, experience and educational qualification on the relationship between uncertainty and subjective task complexity among lawyers working in private law firms in Lagos State, Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach A survey method was adopted and data were gathered using questionnaires. The analysis was carried out based on partial least squares structural equation modelling using SmartPLS 2.0 M3 software. Findings Results showed that the effect of uncertainty on subjective task complexity is significantly moderated by age, educational attainment, experience of the lawyers under study. Research limitations/implications Although data were collected in the most populated state and commercial hub of Nigeria, generalisation based on findings may still need to be made with caution. Practical implications Attainment of higher educational qualification is highly important for lawyers even though the minimum requirement to practice as a lawyer is a degree. Lawyers with higher degrees (LLM and PhD) had less uncertainty and perceived their tasks to be less complex compared to their counterparts who had the first degree (LLB). Originality/value The demographic profile of professionals (age, education and experience) has proven to have an impact on their perception about task complexity as determined by uncertainty as found in this study.


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